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A tenant provided a full street address but did not include their apartment and apartment number. They are in the scheduled auction stage of delinquency The post office said they could not send the certified letter because they do not have the full address. We checked their lease and they did not provide...Yesterday, 04:52 PM
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Terminated tenant had to be out by 3 today and isn't, although he was in earlier to grab a couple of backpacks of stuff. Gate code's disabled and unit is overlocked. Do a move-out? I don't want it racking up rent and fees. I have no plans to immediately deal with what's left in the unit.Yesterday, 03:31 PM
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Hi all! We are updating our facility rules signage (again!
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